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2025-02-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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2025-02-06
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Public Lands and Natural Resources
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This joint resolution says Congress does not agree with a recent Forest Service rule about law enforcement and criminal prohibitions. If the resolution passes, that rule would be canceled and would no longer have any legal effect.
- The resolution targets a Forest Service rule published on November 25, 2024.
- It uses Congress’s formal review process to overturn the rule.
- If approved, the rule would be treated as if it never took effect.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 17 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 17
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Forest Service of the
Department of Agriculture relating to ``Law Enforcement; Criminal
Prohibitions''.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025
Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Barrasso)
introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Forest Service of the
Department of Agriculture relating to ``Law Enforcement; Criminal
Prohibitions''.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
rule submitted by the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture
relating to ``Law Enforcement; Criminal Prohibitions'' (89 Fed. Reg.
92808 (November 25, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or
effect.
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